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27 Cards in this Set
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FREE SOIL
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BELIEF, AND LATER PARTY, THAT SLAVERY SHOULD NOT BE EXTENDED TO THE TERRITORIES
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MISSOURI COMPROMISE LINE
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LATITUDE LINE OF 36 30 BELOW WHICH SLAVERY WAS ALLOWED BY TERMS OF THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE
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POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY
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IDEA THAT THE PEOPLE OF A TERRITORY SHOULD DECIDE WHETHER THERE SHOULD BE SLAVERY IN THAT TERRITORY
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FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW
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LAWS OF 1793 & 1850 GOVERNING RETURN OF ESCAPED SLAVES; MUCH HATED BY THE NORTH
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WILMOT PROVISO
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FAILED 1848 ATTEMPT TO OUTLAW SLAVERY IN THE NEW MEXICAN CESSION
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JOHN CALHOUN
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SC LEADER AND 'FIRE-EATER' WHO WARNED AGIANST THE GROWING IMBALANCE OF NORTH AND SOUTH
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DANIEL WEBSTER
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MASSAVHUSETTS SENATOR WHO HELPED PUSH FOR THE COMPROMISE OF 1850
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FIRE-EATERS
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EXTREME ADVOCATES OF SOUTHERN RIGHTS
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COMPROMISE OF 1850
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1850 SET OF BILLS PASSED TO AVOID SECTIONAL CONFLICT OVER THE QUESTION OF SLAVERY IN THE TERRITORIES
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ABOLITIONIST
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ONE WHO BELIEVES THAT SLAVERY IS A MORAL WRONG AND SHOULD BE PROHIBITED EVERYWHERE
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UNCLE TOM'S CABIN
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HARRIET BEECHER STOWE NOVEL THAT SHOCKED THE NORTH OUT OF ITS COMPACENCY ABOUT SLAVERY
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HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
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AUTHOR OF UNCLE TOM'S CABIN
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IMPENDING CRISIS OF THE SOUTH
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HINTON HELPER BOOK THAT OPPOSED SLAVERY ON THE GROUNDS THAT IT WAS ECONOMICALLY WEAKENING THE SOUTH
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HINTON HELPER
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AUTHOR OF IMPENDING CRISIS OF THE SOUTH
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HENRY CLAY
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MAJOR FIGURE BEHIND COMPROMISE OF 1850
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REPUBLICAN PARTY
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PARTY FORMED IN 1854 BY LINCOLN ETAL. OUT OF THE CONSCIENCE WING OF THE WHIG PARTY AND THE FREE SOIL PARTY
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KNOW-NOTHING PARTY
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1850'S NATIVIST PARTY THAT OPPOSED IMMIGRANTS, CATHOLICS, AND SLAVERY
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NATIVISM
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HOSTILITY TOWARD IMMIGRANTS
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STEPHEN DOUGLAS
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MAIN PROPONENT OF POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY
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KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT
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DOUGLAS' PLAN TO ADMIT KANSAS AND NEBRASKA TERRITORIES, PROVOKED BLEEDING KANSAS
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GADSDEN PURCHASE
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1853 PURCHASE OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO, AND CALIFORNIA
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OSTEND MANIFESTO
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1854 CALL FOR THE US TO ACQUIRE CUBA BY FORCE IF NECESSARY
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BLEEDING KANSAS
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1854-6 UPROAR OVER SLAVERY IN KANSAS THAT INCLUDED VIOLENCE AND DUAL GOVERNMENTS; SHOWED POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY WOULDN'T WORK
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BORDER RUFFIANS
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PRO-SLAVE FORCES FROM MISSOUR WHO TRIED TO FORCE KANSAS VOTE FOR SLAVERY
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LECOMPTON GOVERNMENT
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PRO-SLAVE GOVERNMENT OF KANSAS
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DRED SCOTT V. SANFORD
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1857 SUPREME COURT DECISION THAT SAID BLACKS NOT CITIZENS AND THE MO. COMPROMISE LINE WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
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LOWER SOUTH
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VIRGINIA, TENNESSEE, NORTH CAROLINA, ARKANSAS, SOUTHERN STATES WITH FEWER SLAVES WHO SECEDED AFTER FORT SUMTER
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